First a big THANK YOU to those of you who have already donated to the Indigogo campaign. You guys are the best! You started things off with a bang :) Four days in and we're already half way to the goal!

Thanks to your contributions I got started that very day - Monday. I bought a bunch of mirrors and some adhesive and went to work! I sketched out a version of the design for the top of the piano that I liked in charcoal and then figured out mirror placement based on that. Then it was time to glue! Here are some of the results:

The studio closed early that day so I packed it in while plotting my moves for Tuesday which were...PAPER MACHE!!! I'm going to take this moment to express how much I love paper - at the moment, paper in the form of Celluclay. Ok, that was a moment. Time for texture for those feathery bits. Here's the progression:

I won't be back in the studio until the weekend but I am plotting out the next steps - GLASS! Now folks, glass is gorgeous, but expensive. So, if you like the way this is going and want to help me out, please consider donating to my Indiegogo campaign. Click HERE to do so. If you want to share the link, the short URL is http://igg.me/at/JessiPiano2015. THANKS!